I always thought Hendrix's lyrics in the Axis: Bold as Love album were pretty lame. Very sophomoric, derived, and obvious. His first album is still the best just because it was the most outrageous, refreshing, and original. As I recall, the third album was much better than Axis, but he was doing Dylan material (All Along the Watchtower). And CrossTown Traffic was a return to the more acerbic Hendrix ("tire tracks all across your back, but uh, I had my fun") (This is all from memory, so the lyrics are likely somewhat incorrect.)
"I shot her, I gave her the gun!"
- L.